Dogon of Southern Mali, West Africa

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Hundreds of skulls line the floor of a Dogon sacred burial cave used to hold the remains of ancestors and respected elders. A hogan, or spirtitual elder, sits at the cave's entrance, overlooking his village in the Bandiagara Cliffs of southern Mali, West Africa.

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